Improving tournaments: bigger prizes and renown when the king is there, distribute NPCs more equally

[ArturMorhghain]

They have like 250 HP at this point. ?

Yeah, I’d guess TW really want to punish us for picking the wrong suspect in that quest. It’s interesting to have an arena battle, though, where the opponent lasts more than 3 hits.

 

[Dabos37]

Really is that from a legit source like athletic perks or just hp stacked on em for no reason?

I remember one early demo TW saying how it needs to be realistic and a person can't have more and more health (or something close).

As far I know, 250HP is just a silly cheat for the AI to try to make these duels “harder”. It is probably the worse way to increase a game’s difficulty.

 

[Apocal]

As far I know, 250HP is just a silly cheat for the AI to try to make these duels “harder”. It is probably the worse way to increase a game’s difficulty.

It is because you could shoot them in the head with a bow, risk-free as they approached since none of them wore helmets in the arena. One of the streamers was doing that quest over and over and each time headshot them while saying, "Wear a ****ing helmet."

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Really is that from a legit source like athletic perks or just hp stacked on em for no reason?

I remember one early demo TW saying how it needs to be realistic and a person can't have more and more health (or something close).

Just stacked up higher.

 

[Dabos37]

It is because you could shoot them in the head with a bow, risk-free as they approached since none of them wore helmets in the arena. One of the streamers was doing that quest over and over and each time headshot them while saying, "Wear a ****ing helmet."

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Just stacked up higher.

And what about giving these guys a helmet in the arena? I really do not get the TW logic for fixing this issue.

(next thing I am going to do now is to try to find that video xD)

 

[Apocal]

And what about giving these guys a helmet in the arena? I really do not get the TW logic for fixing this issue.

I don't know why TW decided to boost their HP instead of giving them helmets. Possibly because high-tier bows + high Bow skill could still get a killing headshot through the helmet?

 

[Dabos37]

I don't know why TW decided to boost their HP instead of giving them helmets. Possibly because high-tier bows + high Bow skill could still get a killing headshot through the helmet?

Helmets + Shields for all these guys (they could still have two handed weapon as secondary weapon) + modifying one single parameter to make the AI to use shields properly while moving forward in non shield wall formation, and problem fixed. But I suppose that giving these guys more HP like if we would fighting against special monsters was an easier solution for them :-s

 

[RitoDurito]

Something like a "grand tournament" would be nice, could work similar to the way feasts did in warband, everyone shows up, lots of lords and bigger prizes.

I know it'll be a little complicated for taleworlds but maybe doing well in small tournaments and climbing the leaderboards they currently have would grant you access to it early in the game if you're not noble

 

[Vekar]

I for one would like to see BIIGGGEERRRR tournaments, instead of the STUPID tiny battles, lets have death-brawls in the arena of 20vs20 or 40vs40 for some really harsh combat and then reward who moves on via "you did really well" instead of "X team won so they move on, all others lose."

 

[Antaeus]

I've noticed recently, that when my clan members enter tournaments while they're in a city, if they win, I get a notification of what they've won, informing me it has gone into my clan's inventory... but I don't know where it ends up...